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Colors
OrangeYellowRed
Description
A slow-growing, very branchy miniature tree with delicate, highly changeable 2-3" flowers. Flowers vary from yellow to orange to red with long-lasting thick blooms. Faithful bloomer that creates dense inflorescences on short tips and branches well creating pagoda-like tips. Can develop a green tinge. Red veins appear in leaves. Doesn't drop buds.
Appearance
Delicate, highly changeable 2-3" flowers varying from yellow to orange to red. Long-lasting thick blooms.
Bloom
Faithful bloomer with dense inflorescences on short tips.
Fragrance
Spicy scent.
Growth & Foliage
Slow-growing, very branchy miniature tree creating pagoda tips.
Also Known As
Details
Hybridizer
Jungle Jack
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Source
JJ
Size (in)
2-3
Fragrance Strength
spicy
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
Delicate flowers to 2-3". Branchy. Creates pagoda tips. Can develop a green tinge. Spicy scent. Highly changeable. Doesn't drop buds. Red veins in leaves. Long lasting thick blooms. Faithful bloomer and sending off inflos on short tips....plus it's also branching well. Slow growing, very branchy miniature tree, with delicate, highly changeable 2-3" flowers. Long lasting thick blooms that vary from yellow to orange to red. Faithful bloomer that creates dense inflos on short tips.
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@1garden_girl· Long Beach, CA
Quick Facts
Size2-3"
Fragrancespicy
Colors3
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